him.'
I thought of Tommy the last way I'd seen him-virtually without a head. 'Yeah,' I said, 'poor Tommy.'
She smiled up at me. 'You still thinking about giving up your bachelor status?'
I smiled back. 'Thinking about it, yes.' Then I said, 'Last night, when I was helping you up the steps to my apartment, I told you that I loved you.'
'I hope I had the grace to be appreciative.' She reached out her hand. 'I love you too, Michael.'
An intern came in looking very serious.
'I'll be back tonight,' I said to Cindy.
'You'd better be,' she said.
I leaned over and kissed her on the cheek and left. She was dozing off before I got out the door.
Bonnell was in the lobby.
'I figured I'd find you here,' he said.
'I have to fill out evidence forms or something?' I said.
'Not that I know of. It's wrapped up. We found the gems in Denny Harris's basement.' He smiled. 'Just thought I'd buy us both a little breakfast. My wife hates cooking, so I thought I'd do her a favor and eat out.'
'Sounds great,' I said.
I paused, looking back at the room.
'Nothing's ever easy, is it?' I said, thinking of the last few days, then thinking of Cindy.
'Nothing worth having,' he said, leading the way down the hall to the elevators.
